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Only the US and China have landed successfully on Mars. China achieved this in 2021. Russia/USSR tried multiple times and didn't succeed. Other countries have
by diebeforei485 2y ago
Only the US and China have landed successfully on Mars. China achieved this in 2021. Russia/USSR tried multiple times and didn't succeed.
Other countries have sent satellites to orbit around Mars, which is not the same thing.
- spacesanjeet 2y agoI think that the number of countries reaching Mars (lander or orbiter) is in single digits and thus when talking about how hard it is to reach Mars and then come back, both of the scenarios kind of hold similar weights.
- cyberax 2y ago> Russia/USSR tried multiple times and didn't succeed. Pedant mode: the USSR did land softly on Mars, but the lander got caught in a dust storm and was not able to transmit back the data ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_3 ).
- m4rtink 2y agoThe european Beagle 2 probe apparently survived as well, but failed to deploy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_2 But other than that, yeah, there are two Schiaparelli craters now on Mars. :P (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiaparelli_EDM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiaparelli_EDM)